Constellation Boundary Data

A computer readable catalog of constellation boundary data is presented in a form suitable for the construction of star charts and atlases. Two data files are available, one for equator and equinox 1875 and the other for equator and equinox 2000. In addition to the data files a documentation file is available that includes a table listing the abbreviations used for the constellations as well as a more detailed discussion of the preparation of the catalog. The present catalog of constellation boundary data is complementary to that of Roman (1987). Roman's catalog should be used to determine in which constellation an object lies in. The present catalog is more suited to the construction of star charts and atlases. Both catalogs were based on Delporte (1930).

Cone search capability for table VI/49/bound_18 (Boundaries for B1875 (original file))

Cone search capability for table VI/49/bound_20 (Boundaries for J2000 (updated version))

Cone search capability for table VI/49/constbnd (*Boundaries for B1875 with adjacent constellations)

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/VI/49
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VI/49
Related Identifier http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=VI/49
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/49
Provenance
Creator Davenhall A.C.; Leggett S.K.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2009
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics